[parted-devel] [PATCH 14/14] Correctly describe mkpart command in documentation.
Joel Granados Moreno
jgranado at redhat.com
Fri Jun 5 12:14:21 UTC 2009
* doc/parted.texi : Make sure that part-type is portrayed as an
optional argument. Mention the "special behaviors" that mkpart has
with specific disk label types.
---
doc/parted.texi | 7 ++++---
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/parted.texi b/doc/parted.texi
index 936a1f6..7105759 100644
--- a/doc/parted.texi
+++ b/doc/parted.texi
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ Make a @var{fat32} file system on partition 2.
@cindex mkpart, command description
@cindex command description, mkpart
- at deffn Command mkpart @var{part-type} [@var{fs-type}] @var{start} @var{end}
+ at deffn Command mkpart [@var{part-type} @var{fs-type} @var{name}] @var{start} @var{end}
Creates a new partition, @emph{without} creating a new file system on
that partition. This is useful for creating partitions for file systems
@@ -684,8 +684,9 @@ partitions (i.e., non-extended partitions). @var{start} and @var{end}
are the offset from the beginning of the disk, that is, the ``distance''
from the start of the disk.
- at var{part-type} is one of: primary, extended, logical. Extended and
-logical are only used for msdos and dvh disk labels.
+ at var{part-type} is one of: primary, extended, logical. These must only be
+used with msdos and dvh disk labels. @var{name} must be used with gpt disk
+labels. @var{part-type} and @var{name} must not be used with sun disk lables.
@var{fs-type} must be on of these supported file systems:
@itemize @bullet
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1.6.0.6
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